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...College Spectator, for October, appears under the auspices of a new board of editors, who, we regret to say, do not commence their literary career with a proper regard for their own integrity. In the opening poem they show their taste for German literature and their familiarity with the language by giving, as the fruit of their own or a contributor's genius, a very pretty translation from Uhland, which was the delight of our childhood, and which we have never forgotten. The last verse will be familiar to most of our readers...
...Reading-Room are almost invaluable, and can only be properly appreciated by those of us who experienced the want of them; they are so important that it would be worth while to retain them at almost any inconvenience, even at that of refusing admission to all who could not show in some way at the door that they were regular members of the association...
...show he gives no quarter...
...those desirous of becoming members of the Company, it is announced that the Club will be glad to receive any addition to their number, provided the applicant can show, on examination, an elementary knowledge in the art of telegraphing...
...will always be need to counteract the "specious and superficial sophistry of the half-fledged demagogues of the hour." It is therefore at once a "dictate of prudence and a precept of patriotism," to guide aspiring youth so that they may adequately grapple with the difficulties before them, and show themselves in all respects to be "exalted models, both able and willing to prove what it truly is to constitute a state." That from some source men well qualified for this purpose will come is the fond belief of Americans and the hope of every Utopian dreamer. "Blessed indeed will...